A 74-year-old German farmer was questioned by narcotics police after neighbors reported a field of more than 1,000 cannabis plants growing on his property.

An elderly German farmer's field went to pot on Tuesday, after local drug enforcement agents knocked on his door to inquire about the crop of cannabis growing on his property.

According to CNBC, the 74-year-old Bavarian man told police that he wanted to plant sunflowers in a fallow field that he normally uses for growing potatoes.

Since he didn't have any sunflower seeds handy, the farmer decided to scatter bird seed around the field instead. According to the Local, the bird seed mix that he used contained hemp, resulting in an unintentional crop of more than 1,000 cannabis plants.

Concerned neighbors alerted police to the field of 10-foot tall plants, which the farmer had failed to recognize as cannabis. Once police explained the situation, the man proceeded to plow the field with his tractor, destroying the hemp.

Although this farmer's hemp cultivation appears to have been a mistake, other farmers have been caught red-handed growing psychoactive cannabis, also known as marijuana.

In 2011, state and federal drug enforcement agents arrested two California brothers known for growing tomatoes after they raised a pot crop in their hot house. The DEA seized 2,168 plants in their raid, according to the Bay Citizen.